Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Weekly Update 2018-01-10 Dear Members and Advocates, As this year’s legislative session kicks into gear, there are many bills recently introduced that will be on our radar. Senator Lauren Book has just put out a bunch of proposed bills that will require attention. Among them are: SB 1214 – Creates a rebuttable presumption of dangerousness to a child if a parent
Read moreWeekly Update 2018-01-03 Dear Members and Advocates, Please Join us tomorrow night for our monthly member call and help us kick off 2018! The holidays are over, we are starting a new year and it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get back to work! In this call, our President, Gail Colletta, will be presenting our goals for the
Read moreLauren Book, Daughter of Lobbyist Ron Book, Founder of ‘Lauren’s Kids’ one of the State’s highest funded charities, advocate for punitive sex offender registration laws and State Senator, has sponsored some bills that will be on our radar and we will be opposing this legislative session. SB 1214 Creates a Rebittable presumption of dangerousness to a child if a parent
Read more(CNN) The online ad was pretty blunt: “Dominate [sic] male police officer seeks fun, discreet, sub playmate — m4w.” Before long, that officer got a response from a purported 14-year-old girl. And the age didn’t dissuade him, authorities said. “… everyone has to have a first time,” the officer responded, according to a criminal complaint. “… you will just have
Read moreTwo decades of research regarding the effects of sex offender laws have produced no evidence that such laws achieve their stated purposes. A recent review of research on community notification and residency restriction laws in the Oxford Handbook of Sex Offences and Sex Offenders concludes that such legislation is “misinformed and simply incorrect.” These laws are knee-jerk reactions to hysteria
Read more“I’m not saying that treatment doesn’t work — I’m saying that this place doesn’t provide treatment.” was a quote from one of the residents at a NY State Civil Commitment Center. Civil Commitment is a program under which the government can lock someone up indefinitely after they serve their prison time, under the premise that they are dangerous to society.
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